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Water supply lost

I decided to change a leaky fawcet seal. Turned off the water supply with the shut off valves under the sink. Changed the washer and turned the valves back to open. First of all I only got cold water? Messed around with the fawcet and eventually no water at all.
The hot water has two shut offs, the other goes to the dish washer.
I tried every combination of shut off valve position in case I had got confused. The rest of the house has water even the dish washer.
I got so fed up I disconnected the fawcet pipes where they connect to the shut off valves to see if water would come out.
The cold just barely leaks and there is nothing from the hot.
What have I done???